In an attempt to relieve himself from societal oppression, Paul, too, embarks on a journey away from his hometown completely possessed by his unregulated desire for the upscale and glamorous life. Through the use of setting, Hawthorne and Cather chart the transformation of their protagonists and underscore the prevailing struggle of the individual against his social and innate circumstance as well as the persistent battle between the id and the superego. In Young Goodman Brown, the village is characterised “as a place of social and moral order and is analogous to Freud’s superego” (1999). His act of venturing into “the heart of the dark wilderness” (7) is thus a clear indication of him “crossing the (moral) threshold” (1) and allowing for the subjugation of his superego. The deep recesses of the forest is representative of his repressed Freudian id.
He characterizes things by ideas that life lacks stability or certainty as shown by the films story and distinctly visual disjointedness, its embrace of pop culture and its blurring of distinctions between high and low culture. The normalcy of film is challenged by having three different scenarios and by having mixed media throughout the film. Firstly, Tom Tykwer presents game theory through a postmodernist approach, which allows him to explore many facets of Lola’s game and the game of life. The game that Lola is involved in is to save Manni’s life. Tykwer places an emphasis on the restrictions of time within the game through the opening scene.
Ragul Manoharan English II Pre-AP Mrs.McCuien Compare/Contrast English Final Essay Although The Swimmer by John Cheever and Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne are both works of literature that act as allegories, they contrast in the context of the allegorical meaning they represent. An allegory is the concept of analyzing a work of literature by interpreting the direct reason stated, but also going a step further and determining any hidden meanings from the symbols present. Young Goodman Brown is the story of Goodman Brown who sets out on a trip to the forest for an evil purpose. During the trip, Goodman Brown encounters strange occurrences that test in overall his degree of faith. These reasons allow this work to function as an allegory, and help exemplify the loss of innocence.
We are tempted to think that the soul purpose of Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible was to create an outlet that exposed the mass hysteria of the McCarthy era , however to say this you would be ignoring the central themes that have allowed this play to reach universal audiences. Among themes such as the abuse of power, conflict with authority and mass hysteria The Crucible deals with the importance of identity and the individual conscience. These two themes are closely linked because until you complete your journey in finding yourself you are unable to have an individual conscience. Miller uses one of the central characters in the story, John Proctor, to explore the journey of individual conscience. This theme combined with a unique structure and language allows him to creature a play that addresses the social and political concerns which are essential to every human existence.
While most Diaspora writers show the exiles’ anxiety for dining roots in their works, Gao Jingjian has sought an outlet for his character in One Man’s Bible: living a rootless life with freedom, away from authoritarian governance. Being an exile is not just a cultural identity that enables You to expel from the traumatic history, but also a state of being that could possibly reach freedom. The narrated You have learned the essence of freedom throughout the novel. It is one’s conscious sense of life, of who isolate oneself from others (Chapter 39). To achieve this You have to release himself from the previous traumatic memories in China, get rid of the past and merely live in the present (p.10).
The Outsiders is what country music should be; songs that tell stories. And not just stories of jacked up (insert truck brand) trucks, or drinking (insert your favorite beer), but stories of love and hardship. Stories that may not have a happy ending because country tells the truth of life, that it is not always great. In the paper I will tell you the back ground of Eric Church, I will discuss some lyrics from The Outsiders and the implications that this album has on pop country. Eric Church only sings about real things.
The topic of conventionality contra personal instincts is quite expressive in both works. In Daisy Miller it is performed by the character of Frederick Winterbourne, an American living in Europe, Chopin explores this theme by Edna Pontellier, the main protagonist in The Awakening. Both Edna and Frederick are victims of the world of rules and expectations; they are both affected by their personal needs to escape, to liberate themselves of the bonds that repress them totally. The portrayal of this topic in these two books is different, though. The protagonists’ experience is different, they both face the conventionality, but their urge to express their personality emerges from different circumstances.
When deciding how to present a story either in film or book, the director or author and illustrator choose from a variety of techniques in order to best portray their own views on the subject matter. Both Peter Weir directing the film “Witness” and John Marsden and Shaun Tan in producing the book “The Rabbits” seek to highlight a juxtaposition of cultures where one culture is seen as having little value, basically simplistic and unimportant and the controlling culture has a sense of disdain towards them. Both texts seek to provoke empathy towards the downtrodden culture, in turn Amish in “Witness” or Aboriginal in “The Rabbits”, and to encourage the audience to take their point of view, promoting understanding and indeed admiration. Weir uses film and camera techniques and visual imagery to create two
“I go to seek a Great Perhaps” – Francois Rabelais (Last Words) "How will I ever get out of this labyrinth?" - Simón Bolívar (Last Words) John Green’s Looking For Alaska explores the struggles of a group of teenagers in a slow-to-the-punch yet devastatingly arresting novel. A plotline ripe with philosophical musings and hard-hitting life issues, Green suggests that maybe we are not meant to understand everything about the world; instead the meaning behind human life may be that we try. Separated into two distinct sections entitled "Before" and "After," Looking For Alaska is a compelling bird's-eye view of the ineffaceable effects of love and death on both the collective and the individual psyche. At fifteen years old, he's chicken-legged, skinny, undeniably bright, and a bit of an idealist at heart.
For instance the fragmented element of the narrative can both reflect Offreds 'state of mind' and contribute to the suggestions about Gilead as a nation/ society. The autobiographical narrative itself acts as a rebellion against Offreds dystopia. This is the primary function of the novel which must be considered. It is important to acknowledge that this is not a neutral description of events therefore the focus remains on Atwood's message rather than the issues of any fictional dystopia. Atwood reveals Offreds 'state of mind' through the use of flashbacks.